Captain George DARROW died at Bridgewater, Susquehanna Co. PA and maybe buried at Fair Hill Cemetery in Susquehanna Co. PA but no marker has been found.
He was born Stonington, New London County, Connecticut to George DARROW and Phebe PALMER. In 1763, at the Congregational Church in North Preston, New London Co., CT he married Elizabeth BENJAMIN daughter of Daniel and Phebe .
Their children included:
-1 John 09DEC1762NY-04JUL1854PA
-2 George DARROW
-3 Elisha 01MAR1766CT-
-4 Roysell/Roswell 17??NY- MAY1815NY
-5 Elizabeth(Betsey) NY-
-6*RUSSEL c1776NY-c1828NY
-7 Lydia c1778NY- m Samuel MERITHEW
-8 Joseph c1786NY-04FEB1832PA
Sometime after 1765, George & Elizabeth left Connecticut and moved to the area on the East side of the Hudson River South of Albany & in Albany Co. of the Province of New York. On 09FFEB1770, George & Elizabeth DARROW(then of Concord[Chatham] Albany Co.[now Columbia Co.], Province of New York) signed a deed of sale, in Preston, to John RAY(RAE) for forty acres of land in Preston in return for £70. Ebenezer BENJAMIN(#676-2-3) & Elisha YORK witnessed the deed.
Also in February 1770 at PrestonCT(they were living in Concord/ChathamAlbanyNY), George & Elizabeth signed a deed of sale for six acres in Preston CT to Ebenezer BENJAMIN(See BENJAMIN File #676-2-3). The deed was witnessed by John RHEA?(RAY) & Elisha YORK.
On JAN1772, George & Elizabeth DARROW signed a Deed of Sale in Concord(Chatham), Albany County, Province of New York for the sale of 42 acres of land situated in Preston CT to Walter FANNING(husband of Grace Benjamin #338-6) for £90. Witnesses in Concord were Jane VAN SCHAACH & Joseph DARROW(prob. #336-7 brother to George) & the deed was recorded in Preston CT on 13JUL1772. The land was Elizabeth's share of her father's estate.
In a deed dated 4FEB1777 at Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, they sold their interest in a parcel of land in Preston, CT that had been given to a Widow Phebe WHEELER as her inheritance(her thirds). The land was sold to Ezekial BUNDY for £60. Phebe WHEELER may have been Elizabeth's mother who may have married a third time to ? WHEELER. George & Elizabeth were listed as from King's District(Canaan after 1778), County of Albany , Province of New York & the deed sworn before Plainfield CT Justice of the Peace: Jabez FITCH & recorded in Preston on 8FEB1777 by Roger STERRY, Registrar.
In a deed sworn 25MAY1780 before King's District, Albany County, New York Justice of the Peace John BEEBE, George & Elizabeth sold land in Preston CT to Amos HUTCHINSON (Elizabeth's step brother - see BENJAMIN File #339) for £102. This was land Elizabeth had inherited from her father, Daniel BENJAMIN. The deed was registered in Preston on 18AUG1780.
The King's District of Albany Co. NY after 1778 was renamed Canaan, Columbia Co. NY. Subsequently, part of Canaan was further divided into Chatham & New Lebanon. New Concord was mentioned as the enlistment point for George DARROW JR & probably the ‘Concord' mentioned in deeds is in Chatham. Brother-in-Law, Ebenezer BENJAMIN(See BENJAMIN File) lived near Red Rock, Canaan Town, Columbia Co., NY in the late 1700's & early 1800's.
He appears as Capt. George DARROW in the Tax Lists of King's District, Albany Co. NY assigned to Capt. Ebenezer CADEY'S Beat:
Value of Value of
Real Personal
Estate Estate Tax Sum Tax
£ 30.0.0 £ 12.0.0 £ 42.0.0 £ 8.8.0
Neighbors in 1779 included Roland GIFFORD and Jonas SMITH.
During the Revolutionary WAR(1775-83), George DARROW, according to son(John) saw active service at the Battle of Bunker Hill(1775), Battle of Quebec, Battle of Stillwater(Bemis Heights), Battle of Bennington, and Battle of Saratoga with much garrison duty in between. While son, John, said he remembered his father recounting the "incidents and hardships" of the Quebec campaign, it is not known if George DARROW was in it for the period September 1775 to May 1776, or just part of it. If he left with Gen. Benedict ARNOLD in SEP1775 for the march thru Maine to Quebec, then he may have been one of those bored American soldiers outside British held Boston, who transferred to ARNOLD'S command for what seemed to be a great adventure. If on the first leg of the campaign, there is no record to date. However, according to a Albany Co. NY pay roll, he was a 1st. Lieutenant in Capt. Daniel GOODRICHE'S Company of Major Jeremiah CADY'S Detachment(Massachusetts Troops - probably from Berkshire Co. MA which bordered present day Columbia Co. NY) while in the service of the United States of America before the City of Quebec's campaign commencing 14JAN1776 and ending 06JUN1776. On 23DEC1776, he was paid at Albany, NY, £26,02,00 for this part of his service, less £1,1,0 due the company – Lt. George DARROW served in Gen. Benedict ARNOLD'S division during the siege of Quebec.
In 1777 at the Battle of BenningtonVT George DARROW SR. had been detached by Gen. SCHUYLER to serve with Gen. John STARK in this battle. Son, John DARROW, assisted his father in this battle on horseback.
After failing to capture Quebec, Lt. George DARROW evidently returned home to the King's District in Albany Co. NY, because the Albany Co. NY Committee of Correspondence under Abraham YATES, Chairman, on 01JUL1776 approved the appointment of George DARROW of the King's District, Albany Co. NY as Captain of the militia company from King's District raised to reinforce the Continental Army in Canada - although the Continental Army was by then retreating from Canada. Further service was recounted in son's pension application(See John DARROW).
In the American Revolutionary War till 1783, Capt. DARROW, according to son - John, served with the garrison at Fort Saratoga - Albany Co. NY Committee for Correspondence has entries mentioning a George DARROW (no rank - may be George JR) on the muster roll for service for nine months with the 2ND New York Regiment prior to 01SEP1782 with mention that on 20AUG he was to command the unit at Smith's Clove Blockhouse(South of West Point NY in present day Orange County) by order of Col. CORTLAND. A pay abstract for that period also mentions a Pvt. George DARROW(may be George JR) of the 2ND New York Regiment in the year 1782 being paid £14,0,10 1/2 for Certificate #35408 & Voucher #30 paid 31MAR17?? with the additional note:
We the Under ‘Writerrs' do acknowledge to have ‘receved' the several sums anexd to our ‘severall' names of Philip CORTLANDT, Esquier. by the hand of Michael CONNOLLY being in full of Wages for Our Services as Leves that was Attached to the Second New York Regt in the services of the United States of America for the year one thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty Two, having signd two Recepts, for Frederick YOUNG, W. B. WHITING.
In son's pension application, George JR, recounted that he joined with permission of Col McKINSTRY his father's company(Capt. George DARROW), at Saratoga NY in 1781 until released 01JAN1782 by Col. McKINSTRY.
In the former King's District(now Canaan) of the present Colombia Co. NY, land was given to the occupants - perhaps George DARROW, but no record has been found to date. Because son George DARROW JR. was living in the Mohawk Valley of the then Tyron/Montgomery County area of New York in the early 1780's, it might be assumed that Capt. George accompanied him or followed soon after. They were probably attracted to the area by the stories of the veterans on the campaigns in the valley during the war years. They recounted the fertile valleys and vacant land for the taking since most of the settlers had fled the area for fear of the Mohawk Indians who sided with British during the Revolutionary War. But with the defeat of the British & their Mohawk allies, the Canajoharie & Cherry Valley(scenes of Indian massacres during the war) areas were flooded with New England settlers - many Revolutionary War soldiers who had seen service in the area.
In the 1790 Canajoharie Town, Montgomery Co., NY Census, Capt. George is probably the George DARROW with two males under 16 living in that part of Montgomery County that became Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. in 1791. He was living next to Henry GUILE who was probably a relative of wife's mother, Phebe GUILE(#338-3). Also nearby was son, John, & wife.
..Capt. George DARROW was living with his son, Joseph, in Bridgewater, PA, at time of death in 1820.
He was born Stonington, New London County, Connecticut to George DARROW and Phebe PALMER. In 1763, at the Congregational Church in North Preston, New London Co., CT he married Elizabeth BENJAMIN daughter of Daniel and Phebe .
Their children included:
-1 John 09DEC1762NY-04JUL1854PA
-2 George DARROW
-3 Elisha 01MAR1766CT-
-4 Roysell/Roswell 17??NY- MAY1815NY
-5 Elizabeth(Betsey) NY-
-6*RUSSEL c1776NY-c1828NY
-7 Lydia c1778NY- m Samuel MERITHEW
-8 Joseph c1786NY-04FEB1832PA
Sometime after 1765, George & Elizabeth left Connecticut and moved to the area on the East side of the Hudson River South of Albany & in Albany Co. of the Province of New York. On 09FFEB1770, George & Elizabeth DARROW(then of Concord[Chatham] Albany Co.[now Columbia Co.], Province of New York) signed a deed of sale, in Preston, to John RAY(RAE) for forty acres of land in Preston in return for £70. Ebenezer BENJAMIN(#676-2-3) & Elisha YORK witnessed the deed.
Also in February 1770 at PrestonCT(they were living in Concord/ChathamAlbanyNY), George & Elizabeth signed a deed of sale for six acres in Preston CT to Ebenezer BENJAMIN(See BENJAMIN File #676-2-3). The deed was witnessed by John RHEA?(RAY) & Elisha YORK.
On JAN1772, George & Elizabeth DARROW signed a Deed of Sale in Concord(Chatham), Albany County, Province of New York for the sale of 42 acres of land situated in Preston CT to Walter FANNING(husband of Grace Benjamin #338-6) for £90. Witnesses in Concord were Jane VAN SCHAACH & Joseph DARROW(prob. #336-7 brother to George) & the deed was recorded in Preston CT on 13JUL1772. The land was Elizabeth's share of her father's estate.
In a deed dated 4FEB1777 at Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, they sold their interest in a parcel of land in Preston, CT that had been given to a Widow Phebe WHEELER as her inheritance(her thirds). The land was sold to Ezekial BUNDY for £60. Phebe WHEELER may have been Elizabeth's mother who may have married a third time to ? WHEELER. George & Elizabeth were listed as from King's District(Canaan after 1778), County of Albany , Province of New York & the deed sworn before Plainfield CT Justice of the Peace: Jabez FITCH & recorded in Preston on 8FEB1777 by Roger STERRY, Registrar.
In a deed sworn 25MAY1780 before King's District, Albany County, New York Justice of the Peace John BEEBE, George & Elizabeth sold land in Preston CT to Amos HUTCHINSON (Elizabeth's step brother - see BENJAMIN File #339) for £102. This was land Elizabeth had inherited from her father, Daniel BENJAMIN. The deed was registered in Preston on 18AUG1780.
The King's District of Albany Co. NY after 1778 was renamed Canaan, Columbia Co. NY. Subsequently, part of Canaan was further divided into Chatham & New Lebanon. New Concord was mentioned as the enlistment point for George DARROW JR & probably the ‘Concord' mentioned in deeds is in Chatham. Brother-in-Law, Ebenezer BENJAMIN(See BENJAMIN File) lived near Red Rock, Canaan Town, Columbia Co., NY in the late 1700's & early 1800's.
He appears as Capt. George DARROW in the Tax Lists of King's District, Albany Co. NY assigned to Capt. Ebenezer CADEY'S Beat:
Value of Value of
Real Personal
Estate Estate Tax Sum Tax
£ 30.0.0 £ 12.0.0 £ 42.0.0 £ 8.8.0
Neighbors in 1779 included Roland GIFFORD and Jonas SMITH.
During the Revolutionary WAR(1775-83), George DARROW, according to son(John) saw active service at the Battle of Bunker Hill(1775), Battle of Quebec, Battle of Stillwater(Bemis Heights), Battle of Bennington, and Battle of Saratoga with much garrison duty in between. While son, John, said he remembered his father recounting the "incidents and hardships" of the Quebec campaign, it is not known if George DARROW was in it for the period September 1775 to May 1776, or just part of it. If he left with Gen. Benedict ARNOLD in SEP1775 for the march thru Maine to Quebec, then he may have been one of those bored American soldiers outside British held Boston, who transferred to ARNOLD'S command for what seemed to be a great adventure. If on the first leg of the campaign, there is no record to date. However, according to a Albany Co. NY pay roll, he was a 1st. Lieutenant in Capt. Daniel GOODRICHE'S Company of Major Jeremiah CADY'S Detachment(Massachusetts Troops - probably from Berkshire Co. MA which bordered present day Columbia Co. NY) while in the service of the United States of America before the City of Quebec's campaign commencing 14JAN1776 and ending 06JUN1776. On 23DEC1776, he was paid at Albany, NY, £26,02,00 for this part of his service, less £1,1,0 due the company – Lt. George DARROW served in Gen. Benedict ARNOLD'S division during the siege of Quebec.
In 1777 at the Battle of BenningtonVT George DARROW SR. had been detached by Gen. SCHUYLER to serve with Gen. John STARK in this battle. Son, John DARROW, assisted his father in this battle on horseback.
After failing to capture Quebec, Lt. George DARROW evidently returned home to the King's District in Albany Co. NY, because the Albany Co. NY Committee of Correspondence under Abraham YATES, Chairman, on 01JUL1776 approved the appointment of George DARROW of the King's District, Albany Co. NY as Captain of the militia company from King's District raised to reinforce the Continental Army in Canada - although the Continental Army was by then retreating from Canada. Further service was recounted in son's pension application(See John DARROW).
In the American Revolutionary War till 1783, Capt. DARROW, according to son - John, served with the garrison at Fort Saratoga - Albany Co. NY Committee for Correspondence has entries mentioning a George DARROW (no rank - may be George JR) on the muster roll for service for nine months with the 2ND New York Regiment prior to 01SEP1782 with mention that on 20AUG he was to command the unit at Smith's Clove Blockhouse(South of West Point NY in present day Orange County) by order of Col. CORTLAND. A pay abstract for that period also mentions a Pvt. George DARROW(may be George JR) of the 2ND New York Regiment in the year 1782 being paid £14,0,10 1/2 for Certificate #35408 & Voucher #30 paid 31MAR17?? with the additional note:
We the Under ‘Writerrs' do acknowledge to have ‘receved' the several sums anexd to our ‘severall' names of Philip CORTLANDT, Esquier. by the hand of Michael CONNOLLY being in full of Wages for Our Services as Leves that was Attached to the Second New York Regt in the services of the United States of America for the year one thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty Two, having signd two Recepts, for Frederick YOUNG, W. B. WHITING.
In son's pension application, George JR, recounted that he joined with permission of Col McKINSTRY his father's company(Capt. George DARROW), at Saratoga NY in 1781 until released 01JAN1782 by Col. McKINSTRY.
In the former King's District(now Canaan) of the present Colombia Co. NY, land was given to the occupants - perhaps George DARROW, but no record has been found to date. Because son George DARROW JR. was living in the Mohawk Valley of the then Tyron/Montgomery County area of New York in the early 1780's, it might be assumed that Capt. George accompanied him or followed soon after. They were probably attracted to the area by the stories of the veterans on the campaigns in the valley during the war years. They recounted the fertile valleys and vacant land for the taking since most of the settlers had fled the area for fear of the Mohawk Indians who sided with British during the Revolutionary War. But with the defeat of the British & their Mohawk allies, the Canajoharie & Cherry Valley(scenes of Indian massacres during the war) areas were flooded with New England settlers - many Revolutionary War soldiers who had seen service in the area.
In the 1790 Canajoharie Town, Montgomery Co., NY Census, Capt. George is probably the George DARROW with two males under 16 living in that part of Montgomery County that became Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. in 1791. He was living next to Henry GUILE who was probably a relative of wife's mother, Phebe GUILE(#338-3). Also nearby was son, John, & wife.
..Capt. George DARROW was living with his son, Joseph, in Bridgewater, PA, at time of death in 1820.
Captain George DARROW died at Bridgewater, Susquehanna Co. PA and maybe buried at Fair Hill Cemetery in Susquehanna Co. PA but no marker has been found.
He was born Stonington, New London County, Connecticut to George DARROW and Phebe PALMER. In 1763, at the Congregational Church in North Preston, New London Co., CT he married Elizabeth BENJAMIN daughter of Daniel and Phebe .
Their children included:
-1 John 09DEC1762NY-04JUL1854PA
-2 George DARROW
-3 Elisha 01MAR1766CT-
-4 Roysell/Roswell 17??NY- MAY1815NY
-5 Elizabeth(Betsey) NY-
-6*RUSSEL c1776NY-c1828NY
-7 Lydia c1778NY- m Samuel MERITHEW
-8 Joseph c1786NY-04FEB1832PA
Sometime after 1765, George & Elizabeth left Connecticut and moved to the area on the East side of the Hudson River South of Albany & in Albany Co. of the Province of New York. On 09FFEB1770, George & Elizabeth DARROW(then of Concord[Chatham] Albany Co.[now Columbia Co.], Province of New York) signed a deed of sale, in Preston, to John RAY(RAE) for forty acres of land in Preston in return for £70. Ebenezer BENJAMIN(#676-2-3) & Elisha YORK witnessed the deed.
Also in February 1770 at PrestonCT(they were living in Concord/ChathamAlbanyNY), George & Elizabeth signed a deed of sale for six acres in Preston CT to Ebenezer BENJAMIN(See BENJAMIN File #676-2-3). The deed was witnessed by John RHEA?(RAY) & Elisha YORK.
On JAN1772, George & Elizabeth DARROW signed a Deed of Sale in Concord(Chatham), Albany County, Province of New York for the sale of 42 acres of land situated in Preston CT to Walter FANNING(husband of Grace Benjamin #338-6) for £90. Witnesses in Concord were Jane VAN SCHAACH & Joseph DARROW(prob. #336-7 brother to George) & the deed was recorded in Preston CT on 13JUL1772. The land was Elizabeth's share of her father's estate.
In a deed dated 4FEB1777 at Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, they sold their interest in a parcel of land in Preston, CT that had been given to a Widow Phebe WHEELER as her inheritance(her thirds). The land was sold to Ezekial BUNDY for £60. Phebe WHEELER may have been Elizabeth's mother who may have married a third time to ? WHEELER. George & Elizabeth were listed as from King's District(Canaan after 1778), County of Albany , Province of New York & the deed sworn before Plainfield CT Justice of the Peace: Jabez FITCH & recorded in Preston on 8FEB1777 by Roger STERRY, Registrar.
In a deed sworn 25MAY1780 before King's District, Albany County, New York Justice of the Peace John BEEBE, George & Elizabeth sold land in Preston CT to Amos HUTCHINSON (Elizabeth's step brother - see BENJAMIN File #339) for £102. This was land Elizabeth had inherited from her father, Daniel BENJAMIN. The deed was registered in Preston on 18AUG1780.
The King's District of Albany Co. NY after 1778 was renamed Canaan, Columbia Co. NY. Subsequently, part of Canaan was further divided into Chatham & New Lebanon. New Concord was mentioned as the enlistment point for George DARROW JR & probably the ‘Concord' mentioned in deeds is in Chatham. Brother-in-Law, Ebenezer BENJAMIN(See BENJAMIN File) lived near Red Rock, Canaan Town, Columbia Co., NY in the late 1700's & early 1800's.
He appears as Capt. George DARROW in the Tax Lists of King's District, Albany Co. NY assigned to Capt. Ebenezer CADEY'S Beat:
Value of Value of
Real Personal
Estate Estate Tax Sum Tax
£ 30.0.0 £ 12.0.0 £ 42.0.0 £ 8.8.0
Neighbors in 1779 included Roland GIFFORD and Jonas SMITH.
During the Revolutionary WAR(1775-83), George DARROW, according to son(John) saw active service at the Battle of Bunker Hill(1775), Battle of Quebec, Battle of Stillwater(Bemis Heights), Battle of Bennington, and Battle of Saratoga with much garrison duty in between. While son, John, said he remembered his father recounting the "incidents and hardships" of the Quebec campaign, it is not known if George DARROW was in it for the period September 1775 to May 1776, or just part of it. If he left with Gen. Benedict ARNOLD in SEP1775 for the march thru Maine to Quebec, then he may have been one of those bored American soldiers outside British held Boston, who transferred to ARNOLD'S command for what seemed to be a great adventure. If on the first leg of the campaign, there is no record to date. However, according to a Albany Co. NY pay roll, he was a 1st. Lieutenant in Capt. Daniel GOODRICHE'S Company of Major Jeremiah CADY'S Detachment(Massachusetts Troops - probably from Berkshire Co. MA which bordered present day Columbia Co. NY) while in the service of the United States of America before the City of Quebec's campaign commencing 14JAN1776 and ending 06JUN1776. On 23DEC1776, he was paid at Albany, NY, £26,02,00 for this part of his service, less £1,1,0 due the company – Lt. George DARROW served in Gen. Benedict ARNOLD'S division during the siege of Quebec.
In 1777 at the Battle of BenningtonVT George DARROW SR. had been detached by Gen. SCHUYLER to serve with Gen. John STARK in this battle. Son, John DARROW, assisted his father in this battle on horseback.
After failing to capture Quebec, Lt. George DARROW evidently returned home to the King's District in Albany Co. NY, because the Albany Co. NY Committee of Correspondence under Abraham YATES, Chairman, on 01JUL1776 approved the appointment of George DARROW of the King's District, Albany Co. NY as Captain of the militia company from King's District raised to reinforce the Continental Army in Canada - although the Continental Army was by then retreating from Canada. Further service was recounted in son's pension application(See John DARROW).
In the American Revolutionary War till 1783, Capt. DARROW, according to son - John, served with the garrison at Fort Saratoga - Albany Co. NY Committee for Correspondence has entries mentioning a George DARROW (no rank - may be George JR) on the muster roll for service for nine months with the 2ND New York Regiment prior to 01SEP1782 with mention that on 20AUG he was to command the unit at Smith's Clove Blockhouse(South of West Point NY in present day Orange County) by order of Col. CORTLAND. A pay abstract for that period also mentions a Pvt. George DARROW(may be George JR) of the 2ND New York Regiment in the year 1782 being paid £14,0,10 1/2 for Certificate #35408 & Voucher #30 paid 31MAR17?? with the additional note:
We the Under ‘Writerrs' do acknowledge to have ‘receved' the several sums anexd to our ‘severall' names of Philip CORTLANDT, Esquier. by the hand of Michael CONNOLLY being in full of Wages for Our Services as Leves that was Attached to the Second New York Regt in the services of the United States of America for the year one thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty Two, having signd two Recepts, for Frederick YOUNG, W. B. WHITING.
In son's pension application, George JR, recounted that he joined with permission of Col McKINSTRY his father's company(Capt. George DARROW), at Saratoga NY in 1781 until released 01JAN1782 by Col. McKINSTRY.
In the former King's District(now Canaan) of the present Colombia Co. NY, land was given to the occupants - perhaps George DARROW, but no record has been found to date. Because son George DARROW JR. was living in the Mohawk Valley of the then Tyron/Montgomery County area of New York in the early 1780's, it might be assumed that Capt. George accompanied him or followed soon after. They were probably attracted to the area by the stories of the veterans on the campaigns in the valley during the war years. They recounted the fertile valleys and vacant land for the taking since most of the settlers had fled the area for fear of the Mohawk Indians who sided with British during the Revolutionary War. But with the defeat of the British & their Mohawk allies, the Canajoharie & Cherry Valley(scenes of Indian massacres during the war) areas were flooded with New England settlers - many Revolutionary War soldiers who had seen service in the area.
In the 1790 Canajoharie Town, Montgomery Co., NY Census, Capt. George is probably the George DARROW with two males under 16 living in that part of Montgomery County that became Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. in 1791. He was living next to Henry GUILE who was probably a relative of wife's mother, Phebe GUILE(#338-3). Also nearby was son, John, & wife.
..Capt. George DARROW was living with his son, Joseph, in Bridgewater, PA, at time of death in 1820.
He was born Stonington, New London County, Connecticut to George DARROW and Phebe PALMER. In 1763, at the Congregational Church in North Preston, New London Co., CT he married Elizabeth BENJAMIN daughter of Daniel and Phebe .
Their children included:
-1 John 09DEC1762NY-04JUL1854PA
-2 George DARROW
-3 Elisha 01MAR1766CT-
-4 Roysell/Roswell 17??NY- MAY1815NY
-5 Elizabeth(Betsey) NY-
-6*RUSSEL c1776NY-c1828NY
-7 Lydia c1778NY- m Samuel MERITHEW
-8 Joseph c1786NY-04FEB1832PA
Sometime after 1765, George & Elizabeth left Connecticut and moved to the area on the East side of the Hudson River South of Albany & in Albany Co. of the Province of New York. On 09FFEB1770, George & Elizabeth DARROW(then of Concord[Chatham] Albany Co.[now Columbia Co.], Province of New York) signed a deed of sale, in Preston, to John RAY(RAE) for forty acres of land in Preston in return for £70. Ebenezer BENJAMIN(#676-2-3) & Elisha YORK witnessed the deed.
Also in February 1770 at PrestonCT(they were living in Concord/ChathamAlbanyNY), George & Elizabeth signed a deed of sale for six acres in Preston CT to Ebenezer BENJAMIN(See BENJAMIN File #676-2-3). The deed was witnessed by John RHEA?(RAY) & Elisha YORK.
On JAN1772, George & Elizabeth DARROW signed a Deed of Sale in Concord(Chatham), Albany County, Province of New York for the sale of 42 acres of land situated in Preston CT to Walter FANNING(husband of Grace Benjamin #338-6) for £90. Witnesses in Concord were Jane VAN SCHAACH & Joseph DARROW(prob. #336-7 brother to George) & the deed was recorded in Preston CT on 13JUL1772. The land was Elizabeth's share of her father's estate.
In a deed dated 4FEB1777 at Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, they sold their interest in a parcel of land in Preston, CT that had been given to a Widow Phebe WHEELER as her inheritance(her thirds). The land was sold to Ezekial BUNDY for £60. Phebe WHEELER may have been Elizabeth's mother who may have married a third time to ? WHEELER. George & Elizabeth were listed as from King's District(Canaan after 1778), County of Albany , Province of New York & the deed sworn before Plainfield CT Justice of the Peace: Jabez FITCH & recorded in Preston on 8FEB1777 by Roger STERRY, Registrar.
In a deed sworn 25MAY1780 before King's District, Albany County, New York Justice of the Peace John BEEBE, George & Elizabeth sold land in Preston CT to Amos HUTCHINSON (Elizabeth's step brother - see BENJAMIN File #339) for £102. This was land Elizabeth had inherited from her father, Daniel BENJAMIN. The deed was registered in Preston on 18AUG1780.
The King's District of Albany Co. NY after 1778 was renamed Canaan, Columbia Co. NY. Subsequently, part of Canaan was further divided into Chatham & New Lebanon. New Concord was mentioned as the enlistment point for George DARROW JR & probably the ‘Concord' mentioned in deeds is in Chatham. Brother-in-Law, Ebenezer BENJAMIN(See BENJAMIN File) lived near Red Rock, Canaan Town, Columbia Co., NY in the late 1700's & early 1800's.
He appears as Capt. George DARROW in the Tax Lists of King's District, Albany Co. NY assigned to Capt. Ebenezer CADEY'S Beat:
Value of Value of
Real Personal
Estate Estate Tax Sum Tax
£ 30.0.0 £ 12.0.0 £ 42.0.0 £ 8.8.0
Neighbors in 1779 included Roland GIFFORD and Jonas SMITH.
During the Revolutionary WAR(1775-83), George DARROW, according to son(John) saw active service at the Battle of Bunker Hill(1775), Battle of Quebec, Battle of Stillwater(Bemis Heights), Battle of Bennington, and Battle of Saratoga with much garrison duty in between. While son, John, said he remembered his father recounting the "incidents and hardships" of the Quebec campaign, it is not known if George DARROW was in it for the period September 1775 to May 1776, or just part of it. If he left with Gen. Benedict ARNOLD in SEP1775 for the march thru Maine to Quebec, then he may have been one of those bored American soldiers outside British held Boston, who transferred to ARNOLD'S command for what seemed to be a great adventure. If on the first leg of the campaign, there is no record to date. However, according to a Albany Co. NY pay roll, he was a 1st. Lieutenant in Capt. Daniel GOODRICHE'S Company of Major Jeremiah CADY'S Detachment(Massachusetts Troops - probably from Berkshire Co. MA which bordered present day Columbia Co. NY) while in the service of the United States of America before the City of Quebec's campaign commencing 14JAN1776 and ending 06JUN1776. On 23DEC1776, he was paid at Albany, NY, £26,02,00 for this part of his service, less £1,1,0 due the company – Lt. George DARROW served in Gen. Benedict ARNOLD'S division during the siege of Quebec.
In 1777 at the Battle of BenningtonVT George DARROW SR. had been detached by Gen. SCHUYLER to serve with Gen. John STARK in this battle. Son, John DARROW, assisted his father in this battle on horseback.
After failing to capture Quebec, Lt. George DARROW evidently returned home to the King's District in Albany Co. NY, because the Albany Co. NY Committee of Correspondence under Abraham YATES, Chairman, on 01JUL1776 approved the appointment of George DARROW of the King's District, Albany Co. NY as Captain of the militia company from King's District raised to reinforce the Continental Army in Canada - although the Continental Army was by then retreating from Canada. Further service was recounted in son's pension application(See John DARROW).
In the American Revolutionary War till 1783, Capt. DARROW, according to son - John, served with the garrison at Fort Saratoga - Albany Co. NY Committee for Correspondence has entries mentioning a George DARROW (no rank - may be George JR) on the muster roll for service for nine months with the 2ND New York Regiment prior to 01SEP1782 with mention that on 20AUG he was to command the unit at Smith's Clove Blockhouse(South of West Point NY in present day Orange County) by order of Col. CORTLAND. A pay abstract for that period also mentions a Pvt. George DARROW(may be George JR) of the 2ND New York Regiment in the year 1782 being paid £14,0,10 1/2 for Certificate #35408 & Voucher #30 paid 31MAR17?? with the additional note:
We the Under ‘Writerrs' do acknowledge to have ‘receved' the several sums anexd to our ‘severall' names of Philip CORTLANDT, Esquier. by the hand of Michael CONNOLLY being in full of Wages for Our Services as Leves that was Attached to the Second New York Regt in the services of the United States of America for the year one thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty Two, having signd two Recepts, for Frederick YOUNG, W. B. WHITING.
In son's pension application, George JR, recounted that he joined with permission of Col McKINSTRY his father's company(Capt. George DARROW), at Saratoga NY in 1781 until released 01JAN1782 by Col. McKINSTRY.
In the former King's District(now Canaan) of the present Colombia Co. NY, land was given to the occupants - perhaps George DARROW, but no record has been found to date. Because son George DARROW JR. was living in the Mohawk Valley of the then Tyron/Montgomery County area of New York in the early 1780's, it might be assumed that Capt. George accompanied him or followed soon after. They were probably attracted to the area by the stories of the veterans on the campaigns in the valley during the war years. They recounted the fertile valleys and vacant land for the taking since most of the settlers had fled the area for fear of the Mohawk Indians who sided with British during the Revolutionary War. But with the defeat of the British & their Mohawk allies, the Canajoharie & Cherry Valley(scenes of Indian massacres during the war) areas were flooded with New England settlers - many Revolutionary War soldiers who had seen service in the area.
In the 1790 Canajoharie Town, Montgomery Co., NY Census, Capt. George is probably the George DARROW with two males under 16 living in that part of Montgomery County that became Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. in 1791. He was living next to Henry GUILE who was probably a relative of wife's mother, Phebe GUILE(#338-3). Also nearby was son, John, & wife.
..Capt. George DARROW was living with his son, Joseph, in Bridgewater, PA, at time of death in 1820.
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Cemetery Uncertain, Perhaps same as son, Joseph, where last living.
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